OBJECTIVE
To identify the stress experienced by mothers of young children with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh and to determine predictive factors.
METHODS
We recruited 91 mothers of children with… (More)

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A prospective study of children examined both before and after a flood disaster in Bangladesh is used to test the hypothesis that stressful events play a causal role in the development of… (More)

Newborn cord care practices may directly contribute to infections, which account for a large proportion of the four million annual global neonatal deaths. This formative research study assessed… (More)

A survey of 2576 children aged two to nine years was carried out in Dhaka, Bangladesh, as part of a collaborative study to test the validity of a questionnaire (the Ten Questions) for screening… (More)

This study evaluated the contribution of prenatal, perinatal, neonatal, and postnatal factors to the prevalence of cognitive disabilities among children aged 2-9 years in Bangladesh. A two-phase… (More)

OBJECTIVE
To determine whether the fever module in the WHO/UNICEF guidelines for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) identifies children with bacterial infections in an area of low… (More)

OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to determine a feasible strategy for screening young children in rural Bangladesh for hearing impairments.
METHODS
Trained community health workers (CHWs)… (More)

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The objective of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a comprehensive assessment procedure for ascertaining neurodevelopmental status of children aged 0 to 24 months… (More)